Dunsmore

Donald Murphy wrote on IMDB:

This movie is a heck of a lot of fun!!!

Here's how it breaks down:

The death of a feared and hated man leads to a conspiracy of silence in this drama. Walter Taylor (Kadeem Hardison) is an investigator from the state attorney general's office who is sent to a small Southern town to investigate an unusual murder. Ronny Roy Pritchett (W. Earl Brown) was a town bully who could intimidate just about anyone into giving him what he wanted until he was found outside a local tavern one night with 40 shots in his body and no witnesses who would say they saw or heard the attack. With the help of cheerful but ineffectual Sheriff Miller (Rus Blackwell), Taylor begins questioning citizens about Pritchett, including his two wives (Jeanetta Arnette and Alicia Lagano), who have decidedly different memories of their late husband, and Mildred (Talia Shire), the wife of a local pastor who was murdered a few weeks before Pritchett. In time, Taylor begins to piece together a picture of Pritchett's REIGN OF TERROR in the town, as well as his brutally violent relationship with former Sheriff Breen (Barry Corbin). Directed by Peter Spirer, who previously made several respected documentaries on hip-hop culture, including Beef, Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel -- The Life of an Outlaw, and Rhyme & Reason, Dunsmore rocks out like rockstar!   [ show more ]

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polecat1979 wrote on IMDB:

This is an awesome film depicting the dark side of life for one small town's citizen. All the characters seem very well done. It seemed that everyone had a motive for the crime that occurred, yet everyone had an alibi. Because it was a quite serious movie, i particularly liked the comic relief of Gilroy (i think was his name). He lightened up some of the situations. You have to wonder was that what he was really like or did he put this act on for the outsiders visiting the town. The bad guy is truly bad and you can see why what happens to him happens. I don't usually like flashbacks, but this film contains good use of them. The sheriff was a good character - his face is familiar, i think i have seen him on TV. Scary (for that town) to think that the film was "based on a true story!" Well done.

leeandrews19 wrote on IMDB:

After a violent opening and a setup to let you get to know the characters, the movie keeps building momentum as we realize that nothing is really what it seems to be. In the end it makes you think about right and wrong without preaching at you. I highly recommend it.